How To Install mako-notifier on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mako-notifier on Kali Linux.

What is mako-notifier

mako-notifier is:

mako is a lightweight notification daemon for Wayland compositors that support the layer-shell protocol.

There are three methods to install mako-notifier on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mako-notifier Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mako-notifier using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mako-notifier

Install mako-notifier Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mako-notifier using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mako-notifier

Install mako-notifier Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install mako-notifier using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mako-notifier

How To Uninstall mako-notifier on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mako-notifier package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mako-notifier

Uninstall mako-notifier And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mako-notifier and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mako-notifier

Remove mako-notifier Configurations and Data

To remove mako-notifier configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mako-notifier

Remove mako-notifier configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mako-notifier configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mako-notifier

Dependencies

mako-notifier have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcairo2
• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0
• libsystemd0
• libwayland-client0

References

• mako-notifier website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mako-notifier package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.